As part of our collaborative and guest-obsessed team, you help us create an experience that makes guests say, “I love Target!” When you work at Target, you’re helping every family discover the joy in everyday life. You’re working alongside a dedicated team that cares, grows, and wins together. A team that is inclusive, makes connections, brings their passion and pride to all that they do. You provide partnership and commitment to all leaders and team members in maximizing the potential of the stores sales force to grow the business and enable a selling culture.

The Visual Merchandiser supports an active selling culture by ensuring that visual moments are set and maintained to the Visual Merchandising Guide (VMG) direction and inspirational for the guest to drive sales. They are experts in visual standards, which includes specific merchandising techniques, fixture blocking, lighting and the implementation of all In Store Marketing (ISM) elements such as mannequins, navigational signs and all Coordinated Store Environment (CSE) signs that support events, seasons, holidays and in store promotions.
At Target, we believe in our team members having meaningful experiences that help them build and develop skills for a career. The role of a Visual Merchandiser can provide you with the:
- Knowledge of retail business fundamentals including: department sales trends, inventory management, guest shopping patterns, pricing and promotions strategies 
- Skills in planning department(s) daily/weekly workload to support business priorities and deliver on sales goals 
- Experience influencing a team of hourly team members to improve their visual merchandising acumen and skills
- Experience in leading the strategy of visual merchandising and Visual Standards implementation

We might be a great match if:
- You are someone who gets inspired by new style trends, differentiating visual merchandising presentations and enjoy teaching and influencing a team to drive results through visual standards
- You are the go-to friend for fashion advice for events or everyday looks, or if your friends lean on you to help inspire them with decorating their home because you have amazing taste in décor and understand the difference between a modern, traditional and eclectic style 
- Working in a fun and energetic environment makes you excited…. We work efficiently and as a team to deliver for our guests
- Providing service to our guests that makes them say I LOVE TARGET! excites you…. That’s why we love working at Target
- Stocking, setting and selling Target products sounds like your thing… That’s the core of what we do
- You aren’t looking for Monday thru Friday job where you are at a computer all day… We are busy all day (especially on the weekends), making it easy for the guest to feel welcomed, inspired and rewarded
The good news is that we have some amazing training that will help teach you everything youneed to know to be a Visual Merchandiser. But, there are a few skills you should have from the get-go:
- High school diploma or equivalent
- At least 1 to 2 years of visual merchandising experience
- Must be at least 18 years of age or older
- Business acumen (i.e. margin, profitability, etc.) and creativity to inspire guests and drive sales
- Strong understanding of trend and style that is reflective of our brand
- Lead and influence store teams to follow processes that support visual merchandising
- Learn and adapt to current technology needs
- Work independently and as part of a team
- Manage workload and prioritize tasks independently
- Welcoming and helpful attitude
- Effective communication skills